Double clasp.



PATENTED AUG. 8, 1905.

F. 0. BROGKHAU S.

DOUBLE CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED MB. 6, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK O. BROCKHAUS, OF PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON.

' DOUBLE-CLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1905.

Application filed February 6, 1905. Serial No. 244,309.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK O. BROOK- HAUS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Port Angeles, in the county of Clallam and State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in DoubleClasps, of which the following is a specification, reference being badtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to clasps; and its object is the provision of asimple and inexpensive device of this character which is capable ofreliably sustaining a persons drawers to his trousers, for hanging thelatter or other articles of wearing-apparel in a closet, and for manyother useful applications of a somewhat similar nature.

The invention, stated in general terms, consists of a double clasp'ofwhich the gripping members are formed of a single resilient piece ofmetal contained in a case and actuated by bent lever devices hinged toand extending through thecase.

In the accompanying drawings, showing an embodiment of my invention,Figures 1 and 2 are respectively enlarged front elevation and across-sectional view. Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views of theinvention shown attached to portions of the fabric of garments. Fig. 5is a detached perspective view of the inclosing case. Fig. 6 is asimilar view, of one of the clamping-levers, and Fig. 7 is a frontelevation of the clamping-jaws. Y

The reference-numeral 1 designates clamping-jaws which are formed of asingle piece of sheet spring metal doubled at 2 and extending upwardlyto bends 3, thence downwardly in the outer folds 1, severally providedwith apertures 4 5, and which are preferably provided with indentations6. An inverted-U- shaped metal plate 7is placed over the said jaws andis fixedly secured thereto by internally-projecting lugs 8, bent ontothe apertures 4, and which are pressed upwardly to embrace the portionthereabovc.

Below the lugs the plate is cut away, as at 9, and the lower edge of theperforations are formed to provide upwardly-projecting lugs 10, whichare bent to furnish hinge-sockets 10 for the reception of the cross-bars11, formed or provided at the angle of the rectangularly-bentclamping-levers 12. These levers are each made of two arms, of which thelonger ones 13 are shaped to have their lower portions register withinthe openings9 of the case part, so that when the levers are operativelyengaged, as will be presently explained, their outer surfaces will beflush or even with thelike surface of the case excepting their upperextremities 13, which are desirably curved outwardly to furnishfingergripping points. Extending from the outer extremity of the shorterarms 14 of these levers are projections 14, which slide in the slots 5,and the intermediate portions 14 are adapted to contact with theadjacent surfaces of the outer folds of the clamping-jaws, so that asthe lever-arm 13 is raised to its posi tion shown at the left-hand sideof Fig. 2 it will press the respective contacted fold inwardly and claspthe article to be held therebeneath.

In Fig. 4 I represent the device as supporting a pair of drawers byhaving one of its clamping-jaws engaged to the waistband 15 thereof,while the other jaw is engaged to a like part 16 of a pair of trousers,both of the engaged parts being shown fragmentary.

In Fig. 3 is illustrated the devices attached to the lower ends oftrouser-legs 17 for suspending the article from closet-pegs or adisplay-rack and for which purpose is included a wire hook 18, which isdesirably formed with two reversely-bent ends 18, which are sprung intothe openings 19 between the spring and its frame.

The invention can advantageously be used in addition to those alreadyenumerated for many other useful purposesfor example, in hangingdrapery, like dry goods, in a shopwindow or lace curtains where they canbe displayed more effectively by securing the individual folds in pairs,for securing cuffs to a shirt, in which each are held by a separateclasp, thus allowing of the removal of the former without interferingwith the fasteners connected with the shirt.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a double clasp consisting of aspring-plate formed with two inner folds and two reversely-bent outerfolds, a U-shaped case or frame for said spring provided with inwardlyprojecting lugs adapted to engage and secure the said spring within theframe, and bent levers for the outer folds of the said spring hinged tothe frame by inwardly-projecting lugs thereof, the shorter arms of thesaid levers being each provided with two projections which fit saidframe and severally provided with a in corresponding slots of therespective folds short arm adapted to operatively engage with of thesaid spring, substantially as described. the adjacent fold of the saidspring, substan- 2. In a device of the class described, the tially asdescribed.

combination with the frame, of a spring rig- In testimony whereofI affixmy signature in idly secured therein, said spring being formed lpresence of two witnesses.

of a single piece of plate metal which is FREDERICK O. BROCKHAUS.doubled at its mid-length to form two folds Witnesses:

which folds are each doubled to form two PIERRE BARNES,

more folds, and bent levers fulcrumed to the ALFRED GFELLER.

